Prisoner Exchanges and Hostage Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy
Evan Gershkovich was in Yekaterinburg in March 2023 reporting for The Wall Street Journal when he was arrested by...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Prisoner Exchanges and Hostage Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy
A nation must think before it acts.
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Russia Steps Up the Competition in Africa
Amidst the smoldering wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane, it appeared that Wagner Group would suffer without its senior leadership,...
America Re-engages Africa and Latin America in a Reimagined Atlantic
Building on its new global economic initiatives, such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC),...
The October 7 Massacre and the War in Gaza: Impact on Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
During a recent visit to the Gulf, an Emirates-based analyst told me, “Everyone is asking: ‘Is there a future...
Zimbabwe as a Growth Hub for Southern Africa
The Integrated Country Strategy for Zimbabwe (ICS Zimbabwe) declares that “Zimbabwe’s strategic importance to the United States is as...
2023 Holiday Book Recommendations
Carol Rollie Flynn Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts. This book...
Overcoming A Clausewitz-Centric Mindset in Nontraditional Wars
Standing in the heat at Gia Lam airfield in Spring 1975, respected author and military theorist Colonel Harry Summers...
US and North Korea: Testing the Water on Arms Control and Reduction
Ask US policymakers what America’s North Korea policy goal is and they will probably tell you it is denuclearization....
ASEAN’s Centrality in Southeast Asian Affairs: Miles to Go
In September 2023, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held its first ASEAN-only joint military exercise. Personnel from...
Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2024?
Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth annual “Trends in Terrorism” essay from global counterterrorism expert and FPRI non-resident...